Example sentences of "it [be] the [adj] time since " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas . |
| 2 | It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee . |
| 3 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 4 | It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas . |
| 5 | It is the tenth time since last April that his store has been broken into . |
| 6 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |
| 7 | It was the first time since 1966 that the FT , the paper serving businessmen and the City , had failed to endorse the Conservatives . |
| 8 | It was the first time since 1895 the election of the Speaker had been the subject of a division . |
| 9 | It was the first time since its creation in 1949 that the Wills constituency had returned a non-ALP member . |